Kentucky Reading and Writing RL.6.7

ELA6th GradeReading Literature

The Standard

Compare and contrast reading a print text and viewing its visual/oral presentation.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students read a story or scene, then watch or listen to the same part. They compare what the words on the page suggest with what voices, images, or sounds add or change.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student points to a line on the page and a choice in the performance, such as a pause or a worried voice. They explain how that choice changes the mood or their view of a character.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat an actor's tone as if the author wrote it into the story. They may name music or gestures without explaining how those choices affect the scene.
How to Assess It: Print: “The door clicked shut. Mara counted to three. Then she heard the key turn.” Read it aloud with a long pause before “key.” Ask students to explain what the printed words suggest and what the pause adds.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a printed dialogue scene from the class novel; have them mark pauses, perform it, and compare both versions.
Ask: “What does the printed dialogue suggest about the speaker, and what does your partner’s voice add? Point to a line.”
Play director: groups draw emotion cards and read the same printed line aloud; classmates decide which delivery fits the surrounding text.
Hold a mock audiobook audition: students record a paragraph from the class novel and choose which reading best conveys its mood.

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